Susan Atkins | 1948-2009

Associated Press

Susan Atkins and other members of Charles Manson's cult were convicted of killing actress Sharon Tate and six other people during a bloody rampage in Los Angeles over two nights in 1969. Tate, the wife of director Roman Polanski, was 8 1/2 months pregnant when she was killed at her hilltop home in Benedict Canyon. Atkins was also convicted of the earlier killing of music teacher Gary Hinman.

Susan Atkins and other members of Charles Manson's cult were convicted of killing actress Sharon Tate and six other people during a bloody rampage in Los Angeles over two nights in 1969. Tate, the wife of director Roman Polanski, was 8 1/2 months pregnant when she was killed at her hilltop home in Benedict Canyon. Atkins was also convicted of the earlier killing of music teacher Gary Hinman. (Associated Press)

Susan Atkins looks back as Charles Manson arrives in court in 1970. She was convicted on seven counts of first-degree murder in the Tate-LaBianca killings, including the death of pregnant actress Sharon Tate. She also was found guilty of killing musician Gary Alan Hinman, 34, at his Topanga Canyon home in a dispute over money shortly before the other murders.

Susan Atkins looks back as Charles Manson arrives in court in 1970. She was convicted on seven counts of first-degree murder in the Tate-LaBianca killings, including the death of pregnant actress Sharon Tate. She also was found guilty of killing musician Gary Alan Hinman, 34, at his Topanga Canyon home in a dispute over money shortly before the other murders. (Associated Press)